8 Years [ENGV]

#14

JISOO

"Jennie!" We heard Rosé's excited voice. I turned around to see her approaching with Suzy by her side. Warmly, she hugged Jennie, who leaned in to hug her and closed her eyes. "What kind of party is this that doesn't have alcohol?" Rosé asked as she walked away,

"A pregnant woman's party." Jennie said amused. "You don't know how much I miss drinking something with alcohol."

"Hi, Jennie." Suzy said, smiling and waving shyly at Jennie. "You look beautiful." Suzy opened her arms and approached, exchanging a brief hug.

"Thank you, Suzy. I'm glad you came!" That saddened me. Jennie smiled nicely and seemed genuinely happy that Suzy was there when the person in question had betrayed one of our best friends. Still, she didn't hold a grudge the same way she does towards Haein who just didn't insist on staying longer, who left as I asked without putting up a fight first. Suzy greeted me and Lisa after Jennie and then turned to Rosé.

"Honey! I'm going to talk to Bogum." She pointed to where Bogum was, talking to Taehyung and two other BTS members. Rosé nodded, and she left, saying goodbye to us with a brief exchange of glances. I followed her with my eyes, but Rosé's voice caught my attention.

"Oh! So you're the famous Hae-ji?" She caressed Haeji's cheek, who was still in Lisa's arms. "You're so beautiful."

"Thank you, blonde girl. You're very pretty too."

"Thank you." Rosé replied with a silly smile. "You can call me Aunt Rosie." Haeji smiled.

"Your name is beautiful." Rosé was about to cry when she approached and hugged my daughter. The hug was awkward, since Lisa refused to put Haeji down.

"Uh, Hae-ji!" Lisa called. "Let's play with soap bubbles?"

"Let's go!" She said excitedly.

"Can I go too?" Rosé asked.

"Sure, Aunt Rosie." Lisa took Haeji off her lap and the three of them ran to the garden near the fountain.

"She really looks a lot like you." Jennie said next to me. I smiled proudly, I'll never get tired of hearing that phrase. "Not only in appearance, but the way she talks and, while she's shy, she's outgoing... She's your exact copy. How did you do that?" I frowned and stared at her.

"I did what?"

"A daughter who's exactly like you? Because I swear that if this boy is born looking like Kim Tae-hyung I'll send him back to the womb for renovations." I laughed and denied.

"Did you see her smiling? She looks just like Haein." She looks at me with disdain.

"She may have some of Haein's features, yes, after all, he's the father. But if you take a picture of yourself as a child and say it's a picture of Haeji, everyone will believe it." I laughed again. "And speaking of Haein; how are you?" I took a deep breath.

"Normal, I think..." I replied discouraged and she noticed.

"You haven't talked yet, right?" I nodded. "Oh Jisoonie!" She seemed irritated. I didn't understand, after all she didn't like Haein, so my situation with him shouldn't matter that much. "You need to talk and define your relationship with him. When you're with Haeji for good, what will happen? Will you break up with him?" That possibility hurt somewhere inside me, imagining Haein away again, it hurt.

"I don't know, Jennie." I said, taking a deep breath. "And I'm not thinking about that now. I just want to have Haeji back, and then we'll see what happens."

"Love!" Taehyung approached, ending the conversation. "Ah! Hi, Jisoo." He said smiling. I smiled back at him to sound friendly. He looked at Jennie again. "My parents are here, they want to talk to you." Jennie looked at me and I just nodded, smiling weakly.